Sources: BBC
A Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashes near Nipton, California, United States, killing all the six people on board, including Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe. 2024-02-10
Twenty-five people are killed in an attack by gunmen on motorcycles in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria. 2022-06-9
Armed Fulani herdsmen kill 23 people in Benue State, Nigeria. 2022-04-12
The "Peoples Gazette", a Nigerian online newspaper, claims that it has been raided by the National Intelligence Agency. 2022-01-10
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 14 civilians in the southeast Diffa Region of Niger near the Nigerian border. The Nigerien government recently approved a law prolonging a 15-day state of emergency for the Diffa region by three months in a bid to boost security. 2015-10-28
A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Potiskum area of Nigeria's Yobe State, killing five and raising the toll of Boko Haram attacks for the past week to 200. 2015-07-5
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
Two bombs explode in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri with the Boko Haram movement believed to be responsible. 2012-01-4
Nearly 700 people from a small town within Lagos, Nigeria, are relocated following heavy flooding. 2010-10-12